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Note to Jesse Jackson, Jr: Attempting to re-write history does not help your cause

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Posted on September 23, 2008 - 5:03pm at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Chicago) posted an essay on the Huffington Post today entitled, Abolish the Electoral College.

Independence Day: July 4, 1776; repeat as needed

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Posted on July 4, 2008 - 2:29am at Tennessee Free
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July 4, 1776: Independence Day. Our Continental Congress adopts the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. From July 8, 1776 until August 1776, that profound document was read publicly. People listened, and celebrated whenever they heard it. The next year, in Philadelphia, bells rang and ships fired guns. Firecrackers were lighted.
But we were at [...]

Independence Day: July 4, 1776; repeat as needed

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Posted on July 4, 2008 - 1:50am at The Cutting Edge
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July 4, 1776: Independence Day. Our Continental Congress adopts the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. From July 8, 1776 until August 1776, that profound document was read publicly. People listened, and celebrated whenever they heard it. The next year, in Philadelphia, bells rang and ships fired guns. Firecrackers were lighted.

But we were at war. The War of Independence against

Former Titan to headline National Day of Prayer

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Posted on March 26, 2008 - 8:47am at Danette Williams
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Although it wasn't until 1952 that Congress and President Harry Truman declared an annual National Day of Prayer, organizers of the yearly event note that as early as 1775, the Continental Congress...

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